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Gungstie Description of stone
Event ID 1014355
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1014355
Gungstie 3, Noss, Shetland, rune-inscribed fragment
Measurements: H 0.25m, W 0.23m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: HU 5307 4094
Present location: Shetland Museum, Lerwick (ARC 1995.88).
Evidence for discovery: found in the graveyard during excavations in 1994.
Present condition: none of the edges is intact and the carved surface is worn.
Description
This fragment is roughly incised with four elongated rune-like figures and a possible cross.
Date: uncertain.
References: Barnes & Page 2006, 7; Scott & Ritchie 2009, 35, no 78.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
